The Water and Power Development Authority on Mar 24 allocated over Rs94.2 million for 75 community-based girls’ schools in Diamer, in a fresh push to promote education, particularly for girls, under the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project. The funding, approved under the Community-Based Accelerated Learning Schools (CBALS) programme, will support the operation of these schools for the next three years through a joint arrangement involving WAPDA, the Gilgit-Baltistan Education Department and the READ Foundation. The initiative
Child Rights in Focus
BUREWALA: Under the leadership of DPO Vehari Tassawar Iqbal, Model Town police carried out a swift operation and safely recovered a three-year-old girl, who was abducted from Habib Colony. According to the police, the girl was forcibly taken by unidentified abductors in a car while playing outside her house with her siblings. Following the incident, the police established immediate checkpoints and conducted raids at multiple locations. Using modern technology and investigative expertise, the child
LAHORE: An eight-year-old girl died after being attacked by a stray dog in the Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Estate area. The victim, Mehar Qaiser, was reportedly bitten by a stray dog near Township’s B-Block. Police said the dog inflicted severe injuries to the child’s neck and arm, including a critical bite to the jugular vein. The girl was rushed to a hospital in critical condition but succumbed to her injuries during treatment. Reportedly the child’s parents
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that parental conflicts are badly affecting children’s mental well-being in multiple ways, and such trauma leaves deep scars on their psychological health and personality when these disputes land in court. A single-judge bench of the SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Hasan Akber also noted that the only provision for protection of these children is available in the guardians and wards law, empowering the courts to pass
RAWALPINDI: A 16-year-old girl, who had mysteriously gone missing from her home in February this year, has reportedly been married to a 25-year-old man. Ratta Amral Police have registered a case under the Child Marriage Act, along with charges of abetment, following a complaint lodged by the girl’s mother. According to the police, Shamim Akhtar, a resident of Milad Nagar, stated that her 16-year-old daughter went missing on February 21, 2026, allegedly taking with
KHANEWAL: Reports of seven child deaths within a week in a village near Khanewal have raised alarm among residents, with initial fears of a measles outbreak later challenged by health authorities. According to local sources, the deaths occurred in Chak 2KM of Kot Islam, where residents claimed that a suspected outbreak of measles had led to the deaths of several young children. The deceased were identified as Ali Zamin, Manzar Abbas, Zahra Bibi, Afshan
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, on March 19, held a signing ceremony for a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with eight civil society organisations to support out-of-school children (OOSC). The ceremony formalised collaboration under the “No Child Left Behind” campaign, aimed at ensuring universal access to education across the Islamabad Capital Territory through a coordinated union council-wise approach, according to a press release issued by the education ministry. Federal Secretary Education
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has said that incumbent provincial government has decided to take revolutionary measures to eliminate educational backwardness in the province. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting regarding the preparations for the next fiscal year budget, in which a comprehensive strategy was considered for the improvement of the education sector and bringing out-of-school children into educational institutions. The meeting was briefed in detail by Balochistan Chief Secretary
The wide-ranging scandal emerging from the Mirpurkhas Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) is an indictment of the country’s failure to improve the education system or introduce meritocracy. News reports credit a “whistleblower” who gave up the scam after being arrested — though his own wrongdoing technically makes him a suspect-turned-approver. The “whistleblower” used to work in the computer science department and gave up enough details for the police to go after the controller
RAWALPINDI: Annual examinations, results, and new admissions have formally begun across all public and private schools in the Rawalpindi division. The Education Department has imposed a ban on the sale of textbooks, notebooks, stationery, uniforms, badges, and ties within private schools of all sizes. The department has made it clear that neither school administrations can sell these items on campus nor can they enter into collusion with shopkeepers. Any institution found involved in such
KARACHI: The Sindh government has formed a high-level committee to investigate what it described as a serious scandal involving the issuance of fake matriculation certificates and examination irregularities in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas. The issue came to light following the arrest of some junior officials, who reportedly told the police that certain board officials had allegedly issued thousands of fake matriculation certificates to a number of people including Afghan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The body of a seven-year-old boy, who had gone missing on Mar 15, was recovered from agricultural fields in the Kirri Shamozai area, the police said here on Wednesday. The child, identified as Fawad Khan, had been missing since Sunday from the Mangal locality within the jurisdiction of Khoi Bahara police station. The boy’s father, Dar Shah Ustrana, had approached the police, stating that his son had left home on March